The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading

Showing now My Family: Not the Sitcom at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London SE1 (020-7378 1713). David Baddiel’s new stand-up show explores his father’s dementia and his mother’s hyperactive sex life. “Rivetingly revealing” (Guardian). Ends 25 June. Dan Flavin at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (0121-248 0708). The late American artist is famous for turning fluorescent light into art. “Intense colour reshapes rooms and plays havoc with our perception” (FT). Ends 26 June. Book now The new Poetry & Lyrics festival celebrates music and verse. Singer Cerys Matthews is the opening act; pianist Iain Burnside and tenor Nicky Spence perform Walt Whitman’s poems; while John Hegley hosts the PO-NG (poemsongs) writing workshop for families. 10-11 June, Kings Place, London N1 (020-7520 1490). The Curious Arts Festival returns to the ravishing grounds of Pylewell Park. Michel Faber…